EXHIBITION NOTES
Multi-disciplinary artists Ken O’Regan, Chris Brown and Kris Smith, present Light Source, a meditation on the passage of deep time and the intersection of natural and built environments. Using light as their primary medium, these artists speak to the possibility of our speculative futures through experimental interpretations. Employing methods of found object assemblage, traditional and digital image processes, themes around the intertwined fragility of our constructed ecosystems and entropy are explored.

Exhibition location: Watt Space Gallery
Launch: Thursday 23 January 2025 at 6pm
Exhibition dates: 15th January - 8th March 2025
Gallery hours:  Wed - Fri: 11 am - 5 pm, Sat: 12pm - 4pm  
Website: Watt Space Gallery

Luminous Fragments [detail] 2024
2 channel HD 1080p digital animation projection
Video duration: 14 min 18 sec (loop) (14:18)
Music: ‘Time & Reflection’ by Bjorn Lynne
Edition: 1 (of 3)

Lumen Ad Revel (Triptych) [screen 1 of 3] 2024
3 channel HD 1080p digital animation
Video duration: 4 min 12 sec (loop) (4:12)
Edition: 1 (of 3)

Lumen Ad Revel (Triptych) [screen 2 of 3] 2024
3 channel HD 1080p digital animation
Video duration: 21 min 26 sec (loop) (21:26)
Edition: 1 (of 3)

Lumen Ad Revel (Triptych) [screen 3 of 3] 2024
3 channel HD 1080p digital animation
Video duration: 1 min 27 sec (loop) (1:27)
Edition: 1 (of 3)

East Window Winter Solstice [detail] 2024
1 channel HD 1080p digital animation
Video duration: 1 min 31 sec (loop) (1:31)
Edition: 1 (of 3)

Artist Statement:
This body of work is based on an ongoing interest in the rhythm and visual poetry of natural light. It explores the relationship between planetary cycles and architectural spaces and elements that acknowledge these repetitions.

Time-lapse photography techniques amplify the passing of time, and in doing so invite a questioning of our perception of this passing, and the personal and cultural significance of this.

The seamlessly looping imagery used points to an idea of ‘deep time’, and whilst celebrating the beauty that can be found in a heightened awareness of the present moment, it also alludes to the brittle fragility of our constructed environments and social systems.

The videos were created using image sequences photographed on the occasion of the winter solstice, and depict coloured light and translucent paintings projecting a repeating cycle of silent stories into a meditative space.

Acknowledgement:
The video works created for this exhibition would not have been possible without the assistance of the City Region Catholic Centre, Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle. Particular thanks to Father John Lovell, and Margaret (Parish Secretary) for assistance with logistics.

Exhibiting Artists:
Kris Smith, Ken O’Regan and Chris Brown